Title
Gay fatherhood : narratives of family and citizenship in America / Ellen Lewin.
ISBN
9780226476568 (alk. paper)
0226476561 (alk. paper)
9780226476582 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226476588 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HQ76.13 .L49 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.874/2086640973
Summary
Ellen Lewin sets out to debunk the commonly held view that good gay fatherhood is a rarity, showing how stereotypes have been allowed to obscure the successful efforts of a growing number of gay men to rear well-adjusted children.
Note
Ellen Lewin sets out to debunk the commonly held view that good gay fatherhood is a rarity, showing how stereotypes have been allowed to obscure the successful efforts of a growing number of gay men to rear well-adjusted children.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"How can you study such yucky people?"
Family values : new questions about lesbian and gay peoples in the U.S.
Consuming fatherhood
"Something inside me" : gay fathers and nature
Our own families
Do the right thing
"We're not gay anymore"
Corrective lenses, or revisioning yuckiness.
